03:18 - VIGYeah Lulu is interesting. I had less problems with it than most have. It would be better if Lou Reed could actually sing in his old age, and if some of the songs weren't so repetitive. Midian is pretty shit.

A collection of previously unreleased demos by Joe Satriani's first band, The Squares, will be made available on April 5th, 2019 via his own Strange Beautiful Music imprint. The Squares featured Andy Milton (who passed away in 1999) on bass and vocals, Jeff Campitelli on drums and Satriani on guitar. Produced, recorded and mixed by John Cuniberti.

Romanian black metal band Ordinul Negru have released a new live video for one of their tracks from their previous record, 2018's Faustian Nights. The track is the album's title track and its video was filmed at Reflektor Venue Timisoara during their performance on 19th of January 2019. You can watch the video below.

British melodic black metal band Fen are excited to announce that they have signed a record deal with Prophecy Productions. We can expect the band's upcoming, sixth studio album in the second half of 2019. Stay tuned for more.

Heavy metal trio Sanhedrin teamed up with Decibel Magazine for the band's new album stream. You can listen to entire sophomore full length - The Poisoner - at this location. The album is out today via Cruz Del Sur Music.

Norwegian black metal masters Emperor are very excited to announce exclusive Australian shows, scheduled for this coming spring. In the beginning of April, Emperor will execute one live appearance in Sydney and two in Melbourne (second gig added additionally). It seems that the band will perform Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk in its entirety, considering this tour being dubbed after it.

American metallers Bewitcher have recently parted ways with drummer Rand Crusher aka Diabolic Crusher of Hallowed Light, who was part of the band 5 years. Now, the band announce the replacement - Aris Hunter Wales - who will cover the empty spot.

Vision Divine and Scarlet Records have signed a record deal for the release of the upcoming new album, coming out in 2019. After the incredible reception received by their first single "Angel Of Revenge", the group is working hard to complete the new album, the first one made by the new line-up, which will finally see Mike Terrana on drums (although he's officially been in the band for over two years) and Ivan Giannini on vocals.

German power metal veterans Wizard, formed back in 1989, are celebrating 30 years of existance. The band now exclusively offers for streaming a documentary, split in six episodes, talking about the group's complete history. This unique documentary series was created between October, 2018 and February, 2019.

Arch Enemy guitarist / founder Michael Amott revealed that Black Earth, a new project featuring past and current members of Arch Enemy (Johan Liiva, Michael Amott, Christopher Amott, Daniel Erlandsson, and Sharlee D'Angelo), has recorded two new songs for the upcoming collection of remastered tracks from Arch Enemy's early albums.

Gloryhammer have announced a UK and Ireland tour in support of their upcoming album Legends From Beyond The Galactic Terrorvortex, due out in late spring. Joining Gloryhammer on this trek will be Beast In Black and Wind Rose.

Seattle, WA noise rock/post-hardcore trio Helms Alee will release a new studio album this spring. The group's fifth album has been titled Noctiluca and will hit stores on April 26 via Sargent House. The record was produced and engineered by Sam Bell. To coincide with the announcement, Helms Alee have released a video for album opener, "Interachnid". The video was created by drummer Hozoji Matheson-Margullis.

Avantasia's new album Moonglow has been released last week, on February 15th. Now, the band present and share the new official music video for the title track, featuring guest performance by vocalist Candice Night. Check out the video streaming down under.

Katatonia is starting to make its first moves after an idle year of stillness. The band will return with a celebration of their album Night Is The New Day, which turns 10 years now in 2019. For the album's 10th anniversary Peaceville are set to release a deluxe edition of this classic album on 17th May 2019, and to further commemorate this dark gem, Katatonia will return to play Night Is The New Day in its entirety at six select club shows in Europe in May.

Hailing from Bulgaria, doom metal outfit Obsidian Sea will release their third full length, titled Strangers, due out on 22nd March, 2019 through Ripple Music. You can also stream the new track, "The Birth Of Fear", via SoundCloud down under.

Spirits Of Fire are pleased to share new music video ''It's Everywhere''. The new the song is taken from the band's self-titled debut album, which will be out on February 22nd via Frontiers Music Srl. Video clip was directed and edited by Jamie Brown for Smoking Gun Inc and produced by Sebastien Paquet.